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In the light of the recent promotion awarded to RK Pachauri, who is currently facing charges of sexually harassing a woman employee at TERI, another woman who was also subjected to sexual harassment by RK Pachauri while at TERI, has decided to break her silence.
Ever since the FIR against Pachauri came to light, she has been stating that she was also sexually harassed by Pachauri, and all her efforts to have her statement recorded have been obstructed by the police.
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She now feels it is time to break her silence and place the facts before the public, given that Pachauri is being rewarded by the TERI board, rather than being held accountable.
Here are the excerpts from an interview with her.
I learnt about the FIR against Mr RK Pachauri through news reports in the media.
However, what totally shocked me was when Mr. Pachauri claimed that his computer/laptop had been hacked, implying that it was not him who had harassed the complainant but that the charges against him were part of a ploy or conspiracy against him. This is when I decided to speak up immediately.
I contacted my counsel Vrinda Grover who met with the DCP Prem Nath on 26th February 2015.
However, till date I have not heard from the police.
He said that this was a derivative of my official name and suited me far better.
On several occasions Mr RK Pachauri would ask me intrusive questions about my personal life, about when my husband was going to be out of town, and how I spent my weekends.
He would pass comments about the clothes I was wearing, asking me whether my husband gave me a particular dress etc. He made constant attempts to meet me socially outside the office.
He would call me to his room on the pretext of discussing work, but often the conversation about work was very brief and then he would then make attempts to come close to my body or hold my hand. Once he requested me to be in his office at 8 am.
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